Cigarette-box.



10. 761,576. PATENTED MAY 31", 1904.

A. A. BR0WN. CIGARETTE BOX.

N0 MODEL. a APPLICATION FILED DBO. 4, 1901. 2 $HEETSSHBET 1 Patented. May 31, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

AITCHISON BROWN, OF RUTHERGLEN, SCOTLAND.

CIGARETTE-BOX.

SPEGIFIGA 'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,576, dated May 31, 1904.

. Application filed December 4, 1901. Serial No. 84,715- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER ArrornsoN BROWN, chair manufacturer, of Luzern, Cathkin avenue, Rutherglen, Scotland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in and connected with the manufacture of cigarette-boxes, and has for its object to cheapen the construction of those and also to prevent them taking up so much room when not in use or in transit.

In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried into effect, I have hereunto appended one sheet of drawings, of which-- Figure 1 is a front view, partly in section, of a box for holding or containing cigarettes and the like made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, but showing the inner receptacle lifted up in order to enable a cigarette being taken from the box. Fig. 3 is a'horizontal section taken on the line u n, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a front view of a modification of the box shownin Fig. 1 and corresponding to the position described with reference to Fig. 2. 'Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the same, taken on the lines or: m, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a front View of a further modification of a box embodying my invention. Fig. 7 is an end view of the same, and Fig. 8 1s a horizontal section taken on the lines y z of Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is aseparate View of the inside case, and Fig. 10 of the outer case, each of which is stamped out from a strip or piece of'cardboard. Fig. 11 is a view showing how the lateral and folded-over tailpieces act when the box is partially empty.

Figs. 12 and 13 are plan views of two modified forms of blanks, and Figs. 14 and 15 are plan views of the boxes formed by the blanks shown in Figs. 12 and 13'.

In carrying out my invention I make the inside box A and the outside case B each of one piece or strip of cardboard or the like ma 5 the inside box A and outer casing B.

Referring to Fig. 9, a constitutes the back of the box; 6, the front; 0, the bottom end; 0' c, tailpieces which rest on bottom; d (l, the outside walls of the. side; d d, the inner walls; c, the top end of the box; J the flap; g g, lateral and double or single folded-over tailpieces, which act as a kind of spring, ex-. panding or pressing out as the box is being emptied, and so retaining the cigarettes in a position to be easily removed, as well as preventing even the last cigarette from shaking or falling out when the lid is open and also to bind the box together, rendering gluing or cementing unnecessary; K, the slit 'into which the end of the flap J is inserted when the box is made up. In order to allow of the ciga and forefinger when being removed from the box, the tailpiece forming the opening end of the box is cut back at the folding edge H H and indented across about a half-inch or thereabout from the end of the box, as indicated by the letter d. When the piece or strip is folded up and no outer case or cover is used,the two outside walls (Z (Z are placed in the inner side of the inside walls 01 d, and when the lateral and folded-over piece g g are in position these bind the whole together and no glue or other fastening is necessary.

Referring to the outer case or cover B, which is also made up of one piece and scored and indented, as shown in Fig. 10, one of the sides (indicated by (J) is out transversely so as to form four tongues or-projections D, D, D, and -D The upper and lower tongues D and D, which are preferably'rounded at the corners, are placed between the division or space E between the inner wall (land outer wall d of the inner box A, while the tongues D and D preferably not quite so deep as the two last mentioned, lie against the inside wall of the or otherwise fixed thereto. It is to boundcrstood that tongues D and I) may also be on the other side of the box, not the glued side. ..When the inner box or receptacle is being drawn out and has reached the proper distance, the bottom edge of the tongue or projection D prevents it from being entirely removed or unduly exposed and acts as a stopper to outer case or cover B and are glued, cemented,

rettes being readily taken between the thumb prevent it from being pushed in the wrong direction. The distance corresponds to the length of the tongues or projections already referred to.

The modification illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 differs from the arrangement last described in" reference to the locking arrangement in so far as there are only three tongues or projections D, D, and D the middle tongue D being the engaging or controlling one, which is placed through a T-shaped slit E at the angle of the fold of the inner box or receptacle A at the right hand side thereof, while the tongues or projections D and D are brought round to the front and glued to the inner front wall of the outer box. The slit is T-shaped to allow the tongue to enter if the walls are glued beforehand.

The modification illustrated in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 is a very simple one in construction. The tongue D is cut out from the side of the outer wall of the box. Anotch E in placing the slip in the folded edge is formed laterally in the other or opposite edge of the vv allof the sliding or inner receptacle A and the tongue is placed within it. The remaining part of the edge where the notch is formed is tapered off to allowthe tongue to be conveyed into the notch. The length of the notch is the range of its sliding motion.

It is to be understood that the locking'arrangement is applicable to existing cigaretteboxes when an outer casing is used to insure the inner case being always pushed in only one and the right direction for getting access to the contents, thus overcoming and obviating the inconvenience caused by the old style of sliding boxes which require the printed instructions Push this end.

Referring to Sheet 2, Figs. 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the drawings, which are slightly-modified forms of constructionof, boxes to "those already referred to, in these cases it will be observed that the box when made up can be opened at either end by providing a flap J and tailpieces g g at bottom as well as at top opening from the same face or both faces'of the box, asshown in Figs. 14 and 15.

I claim y 1. A box composed of one piece of material having inside walls and outside walls, and tailpieces carried by the outside wallsand adapted to hold the contents such as cigarettes against movement and to hold the box together in conjunction with lid-fiap and slit.

2, In a cigarette-box composed of one piece of material, the combination of a front wall 6 having a band formed by a slit K cut across it near its upper end, and a back wall at having a crease 2' across it near its upper end, of outside side walls d (I carried by the back wall from the bottom end to the said crease, the

7 remaining part disconnected by. slits H H from the crease to the top end, of inside side walls d d carried by the front wall, of inside bottom walls 0 0 carried by the outside side walls, an outside bottom wall 0 connecting the front and back walls, a top or opening lid wall a and flap J carried by the back wall to engage with the slit-formed band onthe front wall and spring-tailpieces g g carried by the upper'end of the outside side walls adapted to be folded over the inside side walls to hold the box together in conjunction with aforesaid lid-flap and slit and to hold the contents such as cigarettes against movement.

'3. A cigarette-box composed of one piece, having inside and outside walls and provided with an expanding member comprising a flat strip of material secured to the outside wall of the box and adapted to be folded over the inside wall to hold the box together, and to expand to hold cigarettes Within the box against movement.

4. The combination with the inside box, comprising the front wall, the back walls, a

bottom wall connecting the front and the back walls, side walls carried by the front wall and side wall carried by the back wall, of an outside case carrying a tongue adapted to work between the side walls of the front and the back walls.

5. The combination with an inside box having a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall connecting the front wall and the back wall, side walls carried by the front wall, and side walls carried by the back wall, of an outside case having two tongues which work between the side walls of the inside case, and one of which prevents the inside box being pushed open from the wrong end and the other of which limits the movement of the box in the other direction.

6. A box comprising an inside box and an outside case in which the box is adapt-ed to slide, formed'of a single piece which is scored to form the Walls of said case, one side of said piece being provided with a plurality of tongues some of which secure the meeting ends of the piece together and the others of which are turned inwardly to limitthe movement of the box within the case.

7. In acigarette-box, the combination of the inside case comprising a single piece of material having front and back walls,'a bottom wall connecting the front and back'walls, side walls carried by the back and front walls, each formed of an inner and an outside wall, and tailpieces carried by the outside sidewall and bent over the inside side wall to hold the box together; and an outside case carrying a tongue adapted to work between the inside and the outside side walls of the inner case.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALEXANDER AITCHISON BROWN.

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